Happy World Kindness Day! This annual celebration began in 1998 with the World Kindness Movement, a collection of representatives from nearly 30 countries that encourage people to commit small acts of kindness in their own communities.

World Kindness Day falls on Nov. 13, but we could all use a little more kindness year round. In that spirit, here are some of our favorite quotes on kindness from everyone from Princess Diana to the Dalai Lama.

1. “No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.” —Aesop

2. “Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.” —Mark Twain

7. “You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson

8. “Remember there’s no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end.” —Scott Adams

9. “The best portion of a good man’s life is his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love.” —William Wordsworth

10. “What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?” —Jean-Jacques Rousseau

11. “No one is born hating another person…People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.” —Nelson Mandela

12. “I’ve been searching for ways to heal myself, and I’ve found that kindness is the best way.” —Lady Gaga

15. “You can accomplish by kindness what you cannot by force.” —Publilius Syrus

16. “I shall pass through this world but once. Any good, therefore, that I can do or any kindness I can show to any human being, let me do it now. Let me not defer it or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.” —Stephen Grellet

21. “Many men fail because they do not see the importance of being kind and courteous to the men under them. Kindness to everybody always pays for itself. And, besides, it is a pleasure to be kind.” —Charles M. Schwab

22. “The everyday kindness of the back roads more than makes up for the acts of greed in the headlines.” —Charles Kuralt

23. “A kindness received should be returned with a freer hand.” —Saint Ambrose

24. “Kindness makes a fellow feel good whether it’s being done to him or by him.” —Frank A. Clark

25. “The true greatness of a person, in my view, is evident in the way he or she treats those with whom courtesy and kindness are not required.” —Joseph B. Wirthlin

26. “We’re here for a reason. I believe a bit of the reason is to throw little torches out to lead people through the dark.” —Whoopi Goldberg

27. “When words are both true and kind, they can change the world.” —Buddha